Just so everyone's clear...

[dahliaclone]

#2 Kansas lost two this week including a beat down at home by 23

#3 Purdue lost at home to unranked (at the time) Rutgers a couple weeks ago

#6 Gonzaga lost at home this week to a bad Loyola team

#8 Xavier lost to a bad DePaul team this week

#9 Tennessee lost to a bad Colorado team by 12 earlier this year and at home to unranked Kentucky by 7

#10 Virginia lost to unranked Pitt

#12 Kansas State lost to a bad Butler team by 12

#14 TCU lost to a bad Northwestern State at home

#15 UCONN started off 14-0 and have lost 5 of 6

#16 Auburn has lost to unranked Georgia, Memphis, and USC

I could go on...

Good teams lose to 'lesser' teams all the time. Breathe.

 

[CyCrazy]

OK ya, the B12 will eat each other alive. Nothing new for the last decade or so.

 

[CysRage]

This. People are acting like this only happens to Iowa State. Literally every team in the country will have off games. This team still has a lot of opportunities ahead and a high ceiling.

 

[ZRF]

It happens, and teams lose games they "should have won" all the time, but this one stung.

 

[Freebird]

Are people freaking? Figures. I stayed away today on purpose. I’ve never not sweated a regular season road game loss less. This team is for real. We will be fine. Winner of the conference will have multiple losses. We play in the best conference in the country. I’ll sleep fine tonight. So should all cyclone fans.

 

[ISUTex]

Who is panicking? Seems like we split with the Pokes most years. I don't get your anxiety.

 

[dahliaclone]

Who is panicking? Seems like we split with the Pokes most years. I don't get your anxiety.

You don't get my anxiety because I don't have any. Peruse the gameday thread and there are plenty of cliffjumpers.

 

[CysRage]

Are people freaking? Figures. I stayed away today on purpose. I’ve never not sweated a regular season road game loss less. This team is for real. We will be fine. Winner of the conference will have multiple losses. We play in the best conference in the country. I’ll sleep fine tonight. So should all cyclone fans.

Who is panicking? Seems like we split with the Pokes most years. I don't get your anxiety.

Check out the game thread if you really want to know.

 

[isutrevman]

#2 Kansas lost two this week including a beat down at home by 23

#3 Purdue lost at home to unranked (at the time) Rutgers a couple weeks ago

#6 Gonzaga lost at home this week to a bad Loyola team

#8 Xavier lost to a bad DePaul team this week

#9 Tennessee lost to a bad Colorado team by 12 earlier this year and at home to unranked Kentucky by 7

#10 Virginia lost to unranked Pitt

#12 Kansas State lost to a bad Butler team by 12

#14 TCU lost to a bad Northwestern State at home

#15 UCONN started off 14-0 and have lost 5 of 6

#16 Auburn has lost to unranked Georgia, Memphis, and USC

I could go on...

Good teams lose to 'lesser' teams all the time. Breathe.

OSU isn't even a "lesser" team. They were favored at home in pretty much every computer ranking, although it was close.

We were also down two key players, Grill and Kunc.

 

[Rogue52]

The game doesn’t change much. KSU game on Tuesday was huge win or lose. You can’t let KSU win in Hilton if you want to win conference.

 

[FerShizzle]

The game doesn’t change much. KSU game on Tuesday was huge win or lose. You can’t let KSU win in Hilton if you want to win conference.

Just so we are clear, this game counts the same as the other 17 conference games. Same as tuesdays game.

 

[madguy30]

OSU isn't even a "lesser" team. They were favored at home in pretty much every computer ranking, although it was close.

We were also down two key players, Grill and Kunc.

If I were an OSU fan I'd see pretty bad under achievement going on.

 

[NorthCyd]

There are no dominate teams this year in college basketball. Some opinions may differ, but it seems like there is more parity across college basketball then I can ever remember.

 

[madguy30]

There are no dominate teams this year in college basketball. Some opinions may differ, but it seems like there is more parity across college basketball then I can ever remember.

And it's an era with really no more shocking losses in the tourney but we've reached 'well there goes the 2 seed in Des Moines!' takes two years removed from a 2nd straight twenty loss season.

 

[simply1]

You don't get my anxiety because I don't have any. Peruse the gameday thread and there are plenty of cliffjumpers.

Most of them are just here for Iowa State failure, ie trolls and Hawkeye idiots.

 

[dahliaclone]

Furthermore, we only dropped to #12 in KenPom after the loss. #MINIMAL

 

[MushroomPinball]

Also the best team that Iowa State has ever had so far lost to Drake early in the season and Colorado thanks to Jaquay Walls.

 

[MushroomPinball]

Also the UConn team that beat Iowa State in 2014 on their way to the title lost a month prior to Louisville 81-48. Point being bad, frustrating losses happen you just got to be healthy and ready to make a run in March which I think this team is very capable of doing.

 

[dahliaclone]

BartTorvik we only dropped to #10 after today's loss...

Which also...by the way...they predicted Okie State winning by a score of 60-59.

It was 61-59.

 

[madguy30]

Also the best team that Iowa State has ever had so far lost to Drake early in the season and Colorado thanks to Jaquay Walls.

They also had to come back at Texas Tech etc.

It's not all great all the time even at the best of times.